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Well then fictional books are not for you 
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I'm with you on book being better in all genres (at least those genres I like to watch / read). There are exceptions, but they're rare. I'm also a bit against JRR Tolkien's sagas - LotR is not a "quick" read - you need a vacation to enjoy it at "leisure" otherwise you're going to hate its verbosity. Similar examples exist, but I'd say they are the chicken teeth between the feathers!
One example where it varied between sequels. I liked the Dune movie better than the first set of Dune books they were based on (not the original 1984 version, but the one which came out in 2000's). This was because IMO Frank Herbert had a very rambling writing style, sometimes I found it torture to read through the book. The movie did however amputate much of the story. Some of the later books however were written at a much better pace, and the latest are actually written by his son in conjunction with Kevin J. Anderson (the writer of XFiles) - these I REALLY liked (gobbled them up over a year to the expense of not watching a single movie / TV show the entire year).
The 2nd "set" of movies (Children of Dune) was al-right, but by then I've wrestled through the first books and have found the jewels at the end - which meant the movies were just snippets from the books, and badly thought out imagery as compared to what my brain could render. When I re-watched the Dune movie, I didn't like it as much as before. I could actually see scenes my mind made up from the book which was not in the movie - and to me that had a detrimental effect on the movie.
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Govindaraj Rangaraj wrote: I am not sure if everyone feels the same way as I do.
I used to, but I've come to realize that it's like a play -- different interpretations of the same material. Taken like that, I can often enjoy both, although not too close together.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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I always found it best to watch the movie then read the book.
The book will always have more detail and more characters.
The movie will always leave scenes out that you wanted to see, or blend characters together, or even change the point of the story.
Rarely will you not be disappointed when you see the film version. Some exceptions, Bladerunner was a much better movie than the book, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Bladerunner had scenes that were lifted directly from the book, but the wrappers in the movie made them much better than their context in the book. I thought the Harry Potter movies were better than the books (towards the end) because the movies remembered they had a story to tell and I think JKR had forgotten that with the dollhouse she had created and was just having too much fun playing with them than in telling a story.
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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Like most of the other answers, I would go for the book every time. However there are some exceptions. Some of the current vamplit is just as dire in book as in film form. On the other hand some films based on a short story actually manage to do the original justice by developing subjects that were only hinted at in the short story. A prime example (for me) of this is Total Recall (the original of course, the re-imagining was 50 shades if dire), based on a short story by P. K. Dick.
Other examples where the film doesn't spoil the book:
The Birds
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Shawshank Redemption
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Usually books have a lot of detail that gets edited out from the movies for time constrains, so most of the time books are better than their namesake movies, however, I usually like to mix them on moderation. 
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In general I think it is best to regard movies of books as separate forms - they almost never live up to what I thought the author was trying to convey. One exception - Brideshead Revisited, where the TV adaptation was as near as possible to perfect.
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This is definitely astronomy porn.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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He probably used long exposure as well.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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 The Absinthe proberbly took care of that
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Kenneth Haugland wrote: proberbly
You've been exposed too, as it seems 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Long weekend
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Not being an astronomer I did not realize how much movement was in two hours.
Impressive.
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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"It's just a [hyperspace] jump to the left..."
Software Zen: delete this;
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Beautiful
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Looks like a shrimp. 
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Awesome
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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One of the things that astonishes me, looking at pictures like this, is seeing all of the other galaxies in the background.
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space."
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Douglas Adams? A genius.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Had a 4.4 bone shaker this morning, around 0620. Whole place shook, spilt my coffee.
Worse, when I got to work all the elevators are out so had to walk up to the 8th floor!!! It'll take me all day to recover from that!
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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mark merrens wrote: Had a 4.4 bone shaker this morning,
I read "Had a 4.4 boner shake this morning" - And that would definitely have taken me all day to recover from...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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